teleportation
noun
tele·por·ta·tion
ˌte-lə-ˌpȯr-ˈtā-shən 
-pər-
1
: the act or process of moving an object or person by psychokinesis
2
in fiction
: instantaneous travel between two locations without crossing the intervening space
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The superstar stepped into his makeshift teleportation machine on Sunday evening with a packed party at the Caribbean Social Club, better known as Toñitas.
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Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 13 Jan. 2025
Despite the sci-fi connotation of the word teleportation, there’s nothing mystical or other-worldly about it, either.
—Lucas Laursen, IEEE Spectrum, 6 Jan. 2025
The entangled states then enabled a quantum data transfer process called teleportation.
—Lucas Laursen, IEEE Spectrum, 6 Jan. 2025
The movie centers on Seth Brundle (Goldblum), a visionary scientist who suffers a mishap during a teleportation experiment, leading him to slowly and gruesomely transform into a human-fly hybrid.
—Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Dec. 2024
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Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 13 Jan. 2025
Despite the sci-fi connotation of the word teleportation, there’s nothing mystical or other-worldly about it, either.
—Lucas Laursen, IEEE Spectrum, 6 Jan. 2025
The entangled states then enabled a quantum data transfer process called teleportation.
—Lucas Laursen, IEEE Spectrum, 6 Jan. 2025
The movie centers on Seth Brundle (Goldblum), a visionary scientist who suffers a mishap during a teleportation experiment, leading him to slowly and gruesomely transform into a human-fly hybrid.
—Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Dec. 2024
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“Teleportation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teleportation. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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